at police headquarters. >> i want to solve the problem before i leave. we've got 14 months. we don't have enough police officers. >> that starts by having a conversation and not accusing them of somehow trying to sabotage public safety in the city. >> reporter: the city lost roughly $1.7 million in the recruitment and training of the rookies that left the force in the two akcademies. the bottom line today is finally the city and the police union will sit down at the table. we're live at city hall. a 16-year-old boy will be charged as an adult with assault

and aggravated mayhem after he set another teen on fire o a bus. the da added the enhancement of a hate crime. surveillance video shows thomas using a lighter to set an 18-year-old on fire as he slept in the back of a bus earlier this week. his legs were severely burned in the incident and he's currently listed in stable condition. the mother told the oakland tribune that her son often wore a skirt and identified as gender neutral. we have new details tonight in the case of a two week old baby boy taken from a sunnyvale home. the boy's father is accused of kidnapping him. he is jailed near tucson

awaiting extradition to california. he was arrested last night after crossing into mexico. the newborn baby is said to be in good condition and in the custody of arizona child protective services. the boy's mother says he vanished tuesday night after the couple had a fight over moving out of state. they expect to take a suspect wanted for rape into custody sometime soon. a female student came forward yesterday to report she was sexually assaulted early monday afternoon in a campus restroom and she knew her attacker. she was taken to the hospital, treated, and released. the college police department is calling this an isolated incident. a san jose cop will soon be headed to jail himself. tony pleaded guilty today to

exchanging pornographic pictures with a teenage girl. it happened while he was a detective for the sexual assault investigation unit in 2011. he will be sentenced in february and faces a minimum of six months in jail. the judge will decide if he has to register as a sex offender. a follow-up now on those budget cuts hitting a south bay college. it appears the university has found some extra money. today university president mohammed issued a statement saying the university will restore courses planned for next spring that had been on the chopping block. to get the money, the university plans to redirect one time funds allocated to campus infrastructure and other projects. >> we're making every effort to make sure we offer our students

a full complement of courses. >> the president also added that san jose's budget remains balanced. the university is still trying to determine in some part-time instructors will be able to continue teaching at the university. a lot of excitement in the bay area. the biggest football game of the season around these parts. 51,000 people making their way to the stanford campus. traffic looks a little sluggish, but it's moving just fine. where is everyone going? right here, stanford stadium, where two of the top teams in the country are going to square off. stanford taking on oregon.

this is the biggest party in town, isn't it? >> reporter: it is. take a look. the left-hand lane, you can't even see. it is where you see the main back up. a lot of excitement here. that main back up, that's the lane that gets you into stanf d stanford. the parking lot off site, they're charging 20 bucks to park. they're making a lot of money here at palo alto high school. this is embarcadero road. bumper to bumper for about 20 minutes. that's how long it took us to get to palo alto high school. we saw some fans parking in the neighborhoods and walking. drivers were stuck in traffic for quite a while.

>> this is just how it works. you're in the traffic until you get to the game and then it's great. >> how has the traffic been? >> it's been like this for a long time. >> reporter: he is used to traffic for huge games like against cal, but this one against oregon with national title implications has caused a lot of people to come out. it's busy. there's a huge crowd out here. people we talk with say it's been pretty smooth. we still haven't heard the last of those problem bolts on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. it opened on labor day with some temporary shims in place. the fix has been delayed.

engineers devised sesed saddles. they won't be in place until at least january. phones down, eyes up. beginning today, that's the message riders will hear and see around san francisco. the safety program is meant to remind people to be aware of their surroundings. an increased police presence is already helping reduce crime, but police want riders to do their part. >> you're going to see the ambassadors we have out there. you're going to be engaging in your surroundings. >> the campaign is rolling out in several languages in hopes of reaching every rider. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a house fire and explosion that injured

a firefighter. the firefighter is being treated for minor burns. no one else was hurt. investigators are calling this fire suspicious because the home is vacant and under renovation. they also think squatters may have been using it. the fda making a major move. the ingredient that will soon be banned from popular foods. the bay area man who spent a year traveling the world for free. how he did it and why. we'll take you to wall street where twitter made investors and employees very happy and very wealthy. plenty of sunshine for today, and a widespread mix of numbers across the bay. we do have some important forecast changes coming up in the seven-day. it has everything to do with that possibility of rain next week. details in about ten minutes.

a lot of champagne being popped in san francisco tonight. twitter went public today and created a lot of private wealth. it was big. >> very big. twitter soared today, even beyond its own expectations. investors it seems don't just like to tweet. they like to buy as well. it was a fitting open to the twitter ipo. 10-year-old vivian who used the social media site to fight slavery by selling lemonade rang the opening bell. >> it was a mystery to me and it

also sounded somewhat silly. i sat down by my pr people for breakfast one morning. i was told, honey, it's time. please, i don't have time. i'm too busy. maybe i'm too successful. >> now it's twitter that's successful. a blockbuster ipo raising $2 billion for the company and creating a whole new wave of silicon valley wealth. what will the san francisco company do with all that money? step one, hire more people to grow the service. >> i think it's all about now the very long, long-term business we're trying to build. we have an absolute perspective on the long-term company we want to be. the public conversational real-time platform. >> this man, jack dorsey, who is also making news because of a report that his other tech

company square may be thinking ipo. all signs that tech is hot and the money is rolling in. to give you some idea of the scope of today's twitter offering, the company becomes the second largest tech ipo ever. just behind facebook, but ahead of google. $25 billion. that's more than netflix. more than applied materials. more than the gap. there's bound to be some backlash. a protest outside of twitter headquarters in san francisco today. working class residents are being forced out of their homes

because of increasing rent. the group blames the city for giving companies like twitter multimillion tax breaks. caleb levine is a junior in high school. he demonstrated how they work a the san jose international airport. he built two of them. the u.s. department of agriculture would use his invention to catch and relocate red tail hawks. >> this is something that was very interesting and not the ordinary -- this is very unique that nobody has ever done before. >> it will improve safety for

aircraft and passengers. if you've ever been bumped from an oversold flight, you know it's frustrating. >> one man not only wants that to happen. he's geared his whole life around it. >> that's quite a claim, but he's had quite a life. he calls portland, oregon home. but it was san francisco that keeps drawing him back. his journey, both literally and figu figuretively is tonight's bay area proud. in any given 24-hour period, an average of 120,000 passengers pass through san francisco international airport. on this night you would be safe in saying that not a single one of them did it for less money than scott. scott didn't just fly for free

from portland to sfo. he hasn't paid for a single airline ticket this decade. he's happy to tell anyone who will listen exactly how he did it. scott is something of a travel expert, specifically telling people how to maximize the airlines voucher and frequent flier programs. his biggest flash came a couple of years ago when he spent one entire year traveling the globe not spending a single cent on flights or hotels. >> we have to do things right in life. 52 occasions in 52 weeks is what sa saved my life. >> a troubled kid growing up in

dayton, ohio, he made a series of criminal decisions that led to homelessness and drug addiction at 16. >> many, many cold nights. there was no money. there was no plan. >> getting arrested on an outstanding warrant and finding out in jail he had hiv just happened to be the change. >> therapy on a plane i call it. setting my life free from that airplane seat. >> it's now his ticket to share his story. scott travels the country networking with politicians and the media using his flying fame

to send his down to earth message. he can bend your ear telling you how it does it. he knows how to get butmped fro flights. he knows which flights to get bumped from. that's where he gets the vouchers. it's not just the way he travels. it's his income. he's figured out a way to support himself being a frequent flier. the other part of his mission is about educating people about hiv and drug use. he's got a few ideas about how to attack hiv and drug use he wants to share with the president. >> if you have a story that makes you bay area proud, let us know about it. go to our website.

nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. the cooldown started today. let's check in with our chief meteorologist. >> you're looking at satellite radar picture. we have a storm system off to the north. it's continually producing a lit rainfall for the northwest. for us, absolutely dry at the moment. temperatures won't get too cold in the overnight hours. we'll have 49 inland. by the bay, low 50s. 11:00 a.m., staying in the 60s at this point. we have had the haze today. moderate air quality for a good section of the interior valleys and a forecast update to share with you. we have a storm intensity change coming our for that system next week. look at that beautiful picture

across oakland for tonight. friday, i don't think there's going to be any major problems. temperatures slightly below average. 72 in palo alto. mid 70s in the extreme south bay. the east bay ranging from 70 to 77 degrees. 73 in livermore. san francisco 68. sonoma 62. 70 in oakland. an on shore wind will keep that coastline cooler. we have this area of warming moving up through the south. that will fade helping to further cool our temperatures. then we get to the forecasting issue. we talked a lot yesterday about this storm system on the way and how much rain it might produce

for some areas of the bay. at this point, the storm system is still on the way, but now we have this wild card. high pressure is going to start to move in. some of the drier air may force a good section of that rain up into the northwest. will we get some rainfall? i still do think there is a chance of showers in the forecast. it just doesn't look as large. you can see right at about near 70 degrees as we head into the weekend. temperatures drop off as we head into next week. tuesday and wednesday, a slight chance of showers. 15% to about 35% as well. we're still hoping for some rain drops. it's changed so much in the past couple of days we could get into tomorrow's forecast get a look at the latest update and we may

see it swing the other way. >> we need that rain. still to come, fire in the sky. solving the mystery that lit up southern california. also -- the youtube video that might warm your heart. why a bay area cancer patient and her nurses had a dance party in the operating room.

take a look at this video. it's not a bird or a plane or a ufo. it's a meteor that lit up the sky in southern california last night. hundreds of witnesses reported seeing fire in the sky. one witness said it looked like

a fireball. the national weather service says the light show was associated with a meteor shower, which has been especially active in early november. no amount is safe. that's what the fda said today about trans fat. the agency is considering banning the fat that's in microwave popcorn and fried food. it's the worst kind of fat for your heart. it raises bad cholesterol aleho lowers good cholesterol. >> this makes it easier on consumers so that we don't all have to grab our reading glasses and pour over labels. >> it's a big move. the fda has opened the idea up

for public comment for the next 60 days. after that, it will make its determination. a video is going viral. anyone who has ever undergone surgery knows the operation doesn't usually start out like this. patient deborah asked her surgical team to crank up a beyonce tune before her double mastectomy. she's a doctor herself. her blog says the surgery was successful and she's making a great recovery. i love that. >> that is pure joy. up next, the olympic torch is no longer on earth. we'll show you where it is.

finally tonight an out of this world experience. this is the sochi winter olympic torch arriving at the international space station. there it is. you can see the crew carrying the torch aboard. it lifted off yesterday. the torch won't be lit in space. there's no oxygen up there any way. for the first time ever, it will take a space walk. what a treat for them! >> that torch will be coming

down to earth in sochi. >> good night. on our broadcast tonight, our nbc news exclusive. president obama apologizes for promising if you like your insurance you can keep it. tonight he talks about how the health care rollout went so wrong. cutting the fat. a major change coming to the american diet. the fda moving to ban trans-fats. the ingredients that make so many foods taste so good. tonight dr. nancy snyderman on what this means. crippling disease. nfl legend tony dorsett goes public with a devastating diagnosis. what's happening to his brain after so many years in the game? and the power of one man's compassion. dedicating his life to saving others as the guardian of the great golden gate. "nightly news" begins now.